Scottsboro : an American tragedy
(DVD) 

Originally broadcast on the PBS program American experience in 2002.

DVD-ROM features: Teacher's guide (PDF, 5 p.).

Cinematographer, Buddy Squires ; editor, Jean Tsien ; music, Edward Bilous.

Narrator, André Braugher ; with commentary by Mills Thornton, James Goodman, Wayne Flynt, Dan Carter, Bryan Stevenson, Kwando Kinshasa, Robin Kelley.

"In March 1931, two white women stepped from a boxcar in Paint Rock, Alabama to make a shocking accusation: they had been raped by nine black teenagers on the train. So began one of the most significant legal fights of the twentieth century. The trials of the nine young men would draw North and South into their sharpest conflict since the Civil War, yield two momentous Supreme Court decisions and give birth to the civil rights movement."--Container.

"The landmark set of legal cases from this incident dealt with racism and the right to a fair trial. The case included a frameup, an all-white jury, rushed trials, an attempted lynching, and an angry mob; it is frequently given as an example of an overall miscarriage of justice."--Wikipedia.

Rating: Not rated.

Closed-captioned in English for the hearing impaired.

DVD, NTSC, region 1, full screen; stereo.

Academy Award winner, 2001: Best Documentary, Feature (Barak Goodman, Daniel Anker)